A BJP office in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore was attacked and Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Dr Syama Prasad Mookherjee's bust was vandalised in Kolkata's Kalighat on Wednesday, two days after a statue of Vladimir Lenin was toppled in Tripura's Belonia town, allegedly by Bharatiya Janata Party workers, according to media reports.

Reports say that the police is currently investigating the incident, while a Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam worker named Balu surrendered before the police on Wednesday.

In Kolkata, the BJP condemned the "barbaric act" where a statue of Mookherjee was defaced in the city. "We demand very strong action against culprits," Sayantan Basu, general secretary of West bengal BJP, said.

In another incident in the state's Vellore district, a statue of Dravidian activist Periyar inside the Tirupattur corporation office was vandalised on Tuesday. The police has arrested two people in relation to the crime.The incident comes hours after Tamil Nadu BJP leader H Raja said that EV Ramasamy, commonly known as 'Periyar', would meet a fate similar to Lenin in Tamil Nadu. Raja slammed Periyar in a post he put up on Facebook, which was later deleted. "Who is Lenin? What is his connection with India? What is the connection between Communism and India? Lenin's statue was broken down in Tripura. Today, it is Lenin's statue in Tripura. Tomorrow, it will be the caste zealot EV Ramasamy's (Periyar) statue in Tamil Nadu," he had written.

On Monday, the Lenin statue's vandalism was part of large-scale violence reported from Tripura, as CPM offices in different parts of the state were defaced.

A report on The Indian Express said the Lenin's statue had stood in Belonia's College Square for the last five years before it was brought down by BJP workers to the cries of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai".

The CPM has decried the violence and termed it "Communism phobia".

BJP national secretary Ram Madhav tweeted out a post saying people are taking down Lenin's statue and used the party's slogan for the Tripura elections, 'Chalo Paltai' with it. However, he later deleted it.

MHA responds

The Ministry of Home Affairs took "serious note" of these instances of vandalism and said the perpetrators will be dealt with according to the law. The official statement read:

"Incidents of toppling of statutes have been reported from certain parts of the country. MHA has taken serious note of such incidents of vandalism. The home minister has expressed his strong disproval of such incidents. MHA has asked the states that they must take all necessary measures to prevent such incidents. Persons indulging in such acts must be sternly dealt with, and booked under relevant provisions of law. Honourable prime minister also spoke to the home minister in this regard."